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The aim of the article is to develop precise epistemic rules for good public political arguments, by which political measures in the broad sense are justified. By means of a theory of deliberative ... Philosophy 18 ( 1 ): 64 - 100 . Parfit , Derek. 1997 . Equality and Priority . Ratio, New Series 10: 202 - 221 . Rawls , John. 1989 . The Domain of the Political and Overlapping Consensus . New York Law Review
Over 200 health journals call on the United Nations, political leaders, and health professionals to recognise that climate change and biodiversity loss are one ... powerful advocates for both restoring biodiversity and tackling climate change for the good of health. Political leaders must recognise both the severe threats to health from the planetary crisis as well as
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In this article I aim to use the 1948 Russell-Copleston debate to highlight some recent problems I have experienced teaching argument analysis in my philosophy courses. First, I will use argument ... and forth and also the very nuanced points that each man made. In this article I aim to use this debate to highlight some recent problems I have experienced in teaching philosophy. First, I will begin
A long-standing colloquialism amongst politicians and people in the political world is “People love their congressmen but hate Congress.”4 While not a new sentiment, distrust of the political system
advocating a preferred normative framework, our main purpose is to illustrate the complexity of this theme. Argumentation; Deliberation; Dialectics; Disagreement; Epistemology; Legal context; Norm; Political ... equality. Both ideals are understood as independent, yet related sources of political legitimacy. The ideal of correctness requires conformity to certain standards. Standards of a substantive kind concern
Arguments may sometimes be advanced with a non-standard function. One such function, it is suggested, is the expression of identity, a practice which may play a significant role in political ... study concludes that while further work is necessary both on understanding the relationship between argument and identity in the political arena, and on the application of argument norms to
of philosophy. Pyrrhonians famously claim that our inability to dialectically vindicate our claims against a PI implies scepticism. Adam Leite disagrees (2005). Michael Resorla argues that the debate ... like that of our philosophy teacher and that of Socrates above. Where Rescorla is committed to saying these characters violate the constitutive aim of argumentation, and so engage in the practice
Constitution were set at the founding and have not changed or adapted since. See Marcia Coyle, ‘His Judicial Philosophy Is Mine’: Amy Barrett Touts Scalia in Remarks From Rose Garden, THE NATIONAL LAW JOURNAL ... (Sep. 26, 2020), https://www.law.com/nationallawjournal/2020/09/26/his-judicial-philosophy-is-mine-amy-barrett-toutsscalia-in-remarks-from-rose-garden/?slreturn=20230227132623. 2023] value judgments in
of means of persuasion in political and some other domains of discourse (e.g. Zarefsky 1995, 2014, 2021) . As for the theoretical background of these analyses of discourses aimed at persuasion:22 18 ... fallacies, these rules prove their problem-validity as a critical testing procedure.34 31 According to the critical rationalist philosophy, the reasonableness of argumentative discourse depends on its
be allowed to vote in local elections, because it would increase young people’s participation in political debate. (Causal) Argument 2. Sixteen-year-olds should be allowed to vote in local elections ... allowing 16-year-olds would indeed increase their participation in political debate. For arguments from analogy, reasoners should evaluate the relevant similarities and differences between the points of
; and the practice of providing counterexamples to putative definitions familiar from twentieth century analytic philosophy, focusing on the so-called Gettier problem. Moreover, I discuss Lakatos’ method ... even go as far as saying that ‘giving and asking for reasons’ in favor or against different positions is at the very heart of philosophy. (Which is compatible with recognizing that there are also
Berlinerblau defines secularism as ?[a] political philosophy which . . . is preoccupied with, and often deeply suspicious of, any and all relations between government and religion.?50 And, finally, defining ... philosophy that results in depriving religious leaders of political power but maintaining a benign attitude toward their religious beliefs. This notion has been consistently backed by religious liberals, the
actors in a political debate are not willing to listen to each other and put forward arguments and counterarguments when a new initiative is discussed, and to some extent continue to defend the decision ... widely different views and wishes for society without damaging the possibility for future deliberation or even engagement. Important work has been done with similar aims. The political scientist Danielle
the two millennia of the development of philosophy of language, rhetoric, and argumentation theory. In this paper, we propose a novel methodology for adapting such theories to serve as applicable tools ... The New Ethos, Warsaw University of Technology , Warsaw , Poland 1 Department of Philosophy and Anthropology, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela , Santiago de Compostela , Spain In their book
the ‘common people,’ advocacy, and accountability. Anti-elitism is divided into criticism of the political establishment, ... the state as an institution,, ... the political system, and ... media ... conclusions on policy are justified even if they are popular? Are criticism of the political establishment, state, political system, or media justified? Does a referendum, in addition to showing being popular
other is their methodological concern (Vega 2013, 231) . Both approaches are connected with classical problems in the philosophy of the natural sciences and this gives them both a clearly dynamic ring ... in public controversies and political discourse. The following two examples of on-line partisan texts—on opposite sides of the political spectrum—use the charge from the start, featuring in their very
on the other hand we argue for certain political and social ideas, which seem right to us. a puzzle of democracy: “The puzzle of democracy concerns how we balance openness and assertion with our ... Charity Include Argumentation? As mentioned above, some authors (see Lewiński 2012 , Stevens 2021a, b) claim that PC developed and used in the philosophy of language (as a principle governing
what we tried to achieve here, no more, but no less either. 'Philosophy was born in controversy and thrives on controversy', says a recent author (Gracia 2004, x), and we agree. In spite of this fact ... approaching this complex subject from multiple perspectives. The question Argument diagramming; Philosophical argumentation; Philosophical controversies; Philosophy of argumentation; Refutation - we started
(Department of Philosophy, Logic and Aesthetics) , Salamanca , Spain In this paper I focus on the fallacy known as Complex Question or Many Questions. After a brief introduction, in Sect. 2 I highlight its ... display of examples taken to be paradigmatic cases of this fallacy. Here are a few of them: Do you regret having been unfair to your political opponents? (Greco 2003: 227) When did you stop cheating on